Piers Wenger

Piers Wenger
Birth date:	29 June 1972
Work in the DWU
Main jobs:	Executive producer, Head of Drama, Controller of BBC Drama Commissioning
Stories:	See Credits Section
Main time period active:	2009-11, 2016-present
Career highlights
Notable non-DWU work:	Housewife, 49, Ballet Shoes, Ashes to Ashes, Upstairs Downstairs, Eric & Ernie, Blackout, Colaition
IMDb profile

Piers Wenger replaced Julie Gardner as Head of Drama at BBC Wales at the turn of 2009. By virtue of that promotion, he became one of the executive producers of Doctor Who. One of his initial responsibilities — shared with his fellow execs Steven Moffat and Beth Willis — was to help cast Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill. He also became an executive producer on The Sarah Jane Adventures after Gardner's departure. As of 2011, he is the only person on the BBC Wales team to executive produce Doctor Who universe shows with both Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat.

Wenger was appointed Controller of BBC Drama in late 2016, and introduced Ben Irving as Head of Drama Development the following year.

He was a frequent interviewee on Doctor Who Confidential from The Eleventh Doctor to its final episode. He was also an executive producer for Doctor Who - The Adventure Games.

Credits

Executive producer

• About a Boy
• After Effects
• Alien Abduction
• All About the Girl
• The Almost People
• Amy's Choice
• Arthurian Legend
• Backstage at the Doctor Who Prom
• The Beast Below
• The Big Bang
• Bigger on the Inside
• Blinded by the Light
• The Born Identity
• Breaking the Silence
• A Brush with Genius
• Call Me the Doctor
• A Christmas Carol
• Christmas Special 2010
• Closing Time
• Cold Blood
• Coming to America
• The Curse of the Black Spot
• Day of the Moon
• Death in Venice
• The Doctor's Wife
• The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
• Double Trouble
• The Eleventh Doctor
• The Eleventh Hour
• The Eternity Trap
• Extra Time
• Eyes Wide Open
• Flesh and Stone
• The Gift
• The Girl Who Waited
• The God Complex
• A Good Man Goes to War
• Heartbreak Hotel
• The Hungry Earth
• The Impossible Astronaut
• Let's Kill Hitler
• The Lodger
• The Mad Woman in the Attic
• Mona Lisa's Revenge
• Night Terrors
• Open All Hours
• Out of Time
• The Pandorica Opens
• Prisoner of the Judoon
• The Rebel Flesh
• River Runs Wild
• Ship Ahoy!
• Take Two
• The Time of Angels
• The Vampires of Venice
• Victory of the Daleks
• Vincent and the Doctor
• War Games
• The Wedding of River Song
• The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith
• What Dreams May Come
• What Goes on Tour...
• When Time Froze

External links

• Piers Wenger at the Internet Movie Database